Statesville Record and Landmark from Statesville, North Carolina • 3

THE SEMI WEEKLY LANDMARK RIDAY DECEMBER 6 1901 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND RIDAYS RIDAY December 6 1901 LOCAL DEPARTMENT STIMSON 1901 9 GOODS A Wholesale and Retail 9 Handkerchiefs Kid Gloves Corsets Hosiery and Millinery Very truly 1901 Sherrill White Company 1901 NEW ADV KltTISKMKNTS This Week We Announce Visiting Cards Capt Burwell has comma time such books and docu NOV26 1901 Attention is Directed Germantown Zephyrs Meal Shetland loss In 100 lb bags In all Colors SUB8QBIBB TOB THI LANDMARK Ui' a Ho the the He Many other things lor the Holiday Trade They will please and be useful Leave your orders to day We desire to call your attention to a few Specials in STATESVILLE Deo 6 1901 fill eg ANOTHER ARRIVAL CHRlS We show in grrfat variety We have the newest and neatest in tableware and toilet ware and a big assortment of thote ornamental pieces and splendid assortment cf toys for the children that are in such popular de mand for Christmas gifts The prices on all these goods are the lowest for the quality WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A CAR Slipper Soles It your stock is out of con dition any way use our Sher Condition Powder Wilbur's Seed Meal or Light ning Cattle Powder Nicely put up in 100 pound bags making a neat pack age with no chance for loss by wasting out This is a mixture of Hulls and Meal in the proper proportions and no risk of over feeding by careless hands Also plenty of 4 ASK ynur merchant for HILLS BROS' 8 one Ibrackage ROASTED COEE and take no other Guaranteed the beet on the market and will give satisfaction Nov 23 1901 shall I give as a Christmas hesitate longer Let me get you 50 Beautifully Engraved WDDINO Printed or Engraved INVITATION'S Write tor samples and prices Sherrill White Co BQMHHHMmMMMMHHBMMBKBKOMnMI OR SALEOR RENT ONE NEW DWELLING six rooms good lo cation tor sale or rent One lot near Cor ner ot Kace street and Weal End Avenue SSxltJ feet Good location Will sell cheap Ml LLH AITHER Dee 8 1901 Beal Estate Dealers Elkin Blankets Lace Curtains Tapestry Portiers A Marriage Other Hiddenite News Correspondence ot Landmark Thanksgiving dav Mr Albert Beaver and Miss Nora Hendren daughter of Mr Hendren of this place took a drive to the resi dence of Rev waltney where they wore united in the bonds of matrimony by him Tnev were ao companied by Mr Rowe Sloop Miss Icie Little Mr Ransom Sharpe Miss Gracie Hendren Mr Laayette Bjayer and sister The party re turned to Mr where the newly married eouplespent the night Next day the party drove to the home of the parents where the ae compauying party left them We hope they will live together happily and always be thankful Rev John Keever was here a few days on a visit and his many friends were glad to grasp his hand once more He made a short talk in the Sulphur Spring prayermeeting Sunday afternoon and preached at Liberty church that night A Mr Vickery of Georgia is here supplying people with window sash locks Mr Wagner of this place left this morning with his family for near Charlotte where they will make their home Mr Curtis Patterson who bought the house and lot vacated by Mr Wagner is expected to move to it this week Hiddenite is not quite at a stand still Mr Henry Thomas has made a new house out of his old one and Prof Sharpe is preparing to build a barn Mr Crouch has bought the Alliance lot near the depot from Mr A Moose Hiddenite Dec 4 1901 Mother and Child Burned to Death Beaufort Special 2d to Charlotto Observer At Cedar Island 40 miles east of Beaufort Saturday night James Daniels who was sleeping up stairs was aroused by stifling fumes of smoke He rushed down stairs roused his wife carrying her and one child from the burning dwelling He returned for another child and his wiff realizing that there were two children still in the house in her frenzy rushed back into the burning house and when neighbors strived on the scene they found Mrs Daniels and one child burned to a crisp an other child expected to die and Mr Daniels injured and his mental con dition such that it is impossible to get the particulars from him His condition is considered very serious The cause of the flee is unknown A Delusion That Needs to Be Dispelled Monroe Journal Too many communities labor un der the false impression that any thing is good enough for a pauper but this is a mistake that modern ideas of Christianity cannot too fast dispel According to the press dispatches there has just occurred the first case in Mississippi of a negro convicted and sentenced by a court of justice for criminal assault upon a white wo man In all previous cases of this kind the negro has been punished by Judge Lynch and summarily exeout ed A dispatch from Astoria Oregon says it is reported by tugs that the British ship Nelson went to the bot tom near that rt Tuesday night with 28 men on board Silver Paper for Decoration PRINTING! PRINTING! This Is where I come in Never bet tor prepared than at present New Presses and new Type Batislactlon promised Remember that It you want a new set ot BLANK BOOKS for next year I beve them Also Otllce Sup plies ot all kinds BRADY ent but after a lew nays' visit mrs Downum wil return to Mocks viile Liter she will return here and begin housekeeping in Wist End parsonage Miss Tennessee White of Moores ville came up last evening and is the guest of Mrs Holder RAMSEY TOMLIN BOWLES 3 CENTER ST STATESVILLE MINOR MATTERS Landmark learns that Mr 1 Arey is quite ill at his he tri i in Chambersburg towrsi'p Mrs Rousseau ba i been very ill with asthma for several days but was thought to be better yester day of Deeds Tut nor issued I license Wednesday for the marriage i of Mr Chas Miller and Miss Dora Maybery I Mr Waugh was recently 1 appointed agent for the mthern I Railway at (Rick Cut) vice Dr urn wright demand for houses in States ville continues active There are now threo train crews that quarter here and the trainmen want homes Mr Walter Graham architect has been engaged to draw plans for anew court house at Marion Mr Graham was in Statesville Wednes day inspecting the new court house here The Masons elected officers Tues day night as follows: Worshipful master Parks senior warden Tunstall junior warden Henry secretary Jones Ireasurer Wycoff considerable of snow ns we call it in Iredell fell here Wednesday night but there was only a trace of it on the ground and the housetops at daylight yesterday morning The weather is of a wiu lerish east and he "'bo has plenty of fuel needs to be thankful The advance in the price of cot ton following the publication of the crop estimate made considerable activity in the cotton market There was a considerable quantity on the market Wednesday and the pievailing price was 770 Yesterday the price was off some what the ruling figures being 7 GO and 765 A Johnson died Tues day morning at his home at Buck Shoal Yadkin county of pneumonia aged about 50 years His remains were inteired at St Paul church Wednesday Deceased was presid ing elder cf the Statesville district of the Methodist Protestant Church He was the brother in law of Mrs Emma Albea of Statesville The Knights of Pythias last night elected officers as follows: Chancellor commander A Camp bell vice chancellor II Steele prelate Miller keeper of rec ords and seals Sol Clarke mas ter of finance Sjott master at arms A Turner master of work Thos Lazenby inn guard Nath an Ash outer guard Ralph Goug ei master of exchequer 11 Pos ton Mr Wilson who recently came here from High Point and open ed a tailoring stablisbmeut over Mr store and who return ed to High Point leaving his business temporarily under the management of Mr A Wilsm has returned to Statesville and will remain here per manently He and bis family will occupy the house on Davie ave nue recently vacated by Mr Shepherd Bristol who is still laid up with his broken limb but who ia getting on as well as could be expected received notice Monday from tho Craddock Terry Company of Lynchburg Va the house for which Mr Bristol travels that the shipmen's of the concern for the year ending November 30th aggregated $1500281 This is quite a big busi ness and Mr Bristol is naturally proud of it Mr Webb who was in Greensboro Monday closed a con tract with Mr McCrary for a monument and statue which the Carolina Marble and Granite Com pany will erect at tho grave of Mr wifo in Lexington Both monument and statue will be of light Italian marble and will be 9i feet high Mr Webb says he secured this contract in competition with a number of concern0 Brawley of Mooresville Kennedy of Hous tonville and A White of States ville constituting the finance com mittee of Iredell county were here this week auditing the books of the county officers for the official year which ended last Saturday Their re port appears elsewhere in this paper Mr Brawley was appointed on ihr finance committee to succeed 11 A Leazar resigned The Supreme Court has revrr ed the decision of the lower court in the case ot Brown vs Plott from Iredell This is the famous Rock Cut road case in which Mr Geo Brown of Statesville was interested as one of the owneis of Longisland cotton mills A certain change iu the road was asked for there was objection and the matter got into tho courts In tho Superior Court a verdict was rendered against Mr Brown but the Supreme Court reverses this and gives him and bis associates the road asked for A Surprise Marriage Mt Wm Albert Jaksoa and Miss Willie Irene Bailey were njarried at the residence of the fficiating min'S ter Rev Richardsf Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock JThe only per sons present at th ceremony except Mr family were Mr Ed Deitz and Miss Mary White who act cd as attendants Mr Jackson is of Mt Airy but has been employed at the Statesville fur niturj factory for some time and is now employed in the Kincaid furni ture factory The bride is the daugb ter or Mrs Annie BJiley The marriage was a pretty general surprise and especially so to one young man This said gentleman went that evening to take Miss Bti ley to prajermeet ing but when he rnrived at her home he was told that she had gone to got married JUST 1 piece 5G inch Ashland lannel 334c 3 pieces 5G inch Suitings in Grey Navy and Green Mixed 45e 2 pieces 30 inch Suitings 25e Also several other new pieces that we space to mention These prices are SPECIAL and not every day and everywhere prices See the goodsand you will buy We also have a nice line of PARASOLS BOX PAPER HANDKERCHIES TABLE LINEN PURSES Etc Call and see us McDOUGALD HEATH resh Oysters Luge aid at for riday and Saturday Counterfeit Money In Circulation There is some counterfeit money in circulation in Statesville and those who handle coin should have a care The counterfeit is an imitation silver dollar bearing date of 1891 It is fairly well executed but the material 1 is poor It is very light weight and can be easily detected if one takes notice Two or three business men have taken in these dollars without detect ing them and without knowing who gave them in A Harmless Runaway There was a lively runaway in town last evening about dark One of Messrs Kerr drivers was at the depit waiting for the I train from the west and left his team standing while he went into the de i pot In his absence the horses walk ed off incretsing their speed to a i trot and when they were near the i fill at tanyard they began running and continued to run at a lively rate until they had passed through Kerr stable to the rear end They made the trip through town without colliding with anything and there was no damage at all A Bale of Cotton Stolen and Afterward ound On Saturday night November 23 1 a thief or thieves stole a bale of cot ton from Mr Ed gin about two miles from Statesville The cotton belonged to a Mr Har I mon who lives about four miles from Statesville on the Turnersbnrg road The bale of cotton was missed from the gin yard on Sunday following its disappearance and was found later in an old field about one mile from i Statesville Mr Harmon and others kept guard over the cotton for a night or two to catch the thief if he should appear but the nights were too cold to con tinue the watch and Mr Harmon hauled his cotton home and tho thief was not caught Death of Mr Long Mr Ling of Elmwood died rather suddenly Wednesday evening about 8 Mr Long was in poor health for some years and for quite a while was critically ill He had recovered however and for the past year had been much improved Death resulted from bladder trouble and the sudden and fatal termina tion of the attack was quite a shock to his friends Mr Long was about 70 years old or many years he had been in the mercantile business at the firm name being Ling Son was also postmaster there He was a good citizen a man of many excellent traits and was uni versally esteemed by all who knew him His wife and eight children six sons and two daughters survive Tne sous are Messrs and Chas Long of Chicago Long of St Louis Long of Newton and Long of Elm wood the daughters are Mrs A Early and Miss annie Long of Elm wood The rem ains will be brought here to morrow from Elmwood and inter red in Oakwood cemetery Books Received for the Rural Libraries Capt Burwell who has bad charge ot selecting and buying books for the rural libraries in the county has received all the books and they have been turned over to the local managers in the several districts Each set or library contains from 82 to S3 volutnis consisting of fiction biography history and works of standard poets The books are of very good paper and are neatly bound The school districts that will have libraries are as follows: Sbarpesburg township No 3 Millsaps local manager No 4 Dobson local manager Bethany No 4 Vickery local manager Statesville No 2 Lentz local manager Chambersburg No 2 Webb local manager Concord No 3 A Snarpo local manager Ex Senator Marion Butler donated several valuable volumr to these li braries which will bo divided among the eix i nicated with Representative Kluttz i and he promises to send him from time to ments as come into his hands and will be suitable and desirable for the 1 rural libraries Church Matters Rev Piessly is assisting in a meeting in Charlotte and there will be no service at the Associate Re formed church Sunday morning Rev Dur will preach jrt the evening service Rev Shatinouhomn rector of Trinity and St Jamas churches (the latter in the soObern part the county) hasjissara a circular to his people annoUutnng that St James church which be says was in a fir lorn condition spiritually and mate rially three years ago has beeu stored A school building has been traded the church remodeled and a new ergan put in the Sunday school reorganizid three of the young men of the church studying for the min istry and a genuine interest mani tested Ju the church by the whole community or these reasons and others Mr Shannonbouse has ap pointed a special thanksgiving service to be held at St James next Sunday at 1 1 a The ladies of the Episcopal church wll hold their Guild meeting with Mrs urches at 3 this after noou Evening prayer at the church at 4 Services and common ion on the third Sunday by Rev A Weston Rev A White of Taylorsville will preach at the Baptist church Sunday morning Mr Henry Mille" of Raleigh 1 who has long been private secretary to Col Andrews has been made as sistant to the first vice president of the Southern Railway Nathan Crockett and Zeke Morris charged with the murder of Dick Davis all colored were acquitted in Mecklenburg Superior Court Wed nesday afternoon The Baptist Convention met in its 7lst annual session at Winston Wednesday evening Riv Dr Marsh of Oxford was re elected president intown plain and novelty weaves are here shown in many new fabrics of foreign and domestic looms See us for Xmas Handkerchiefs Parasols etc etc Best $1 Kid Glove in the United States Sold by us STATESVILLE THE BUSINESS PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS Matters Passed on by the Commissioners at vtr jr Nattress Esq has returned Their Meetings this Week Seme Improve I Orl ntkr nnlnta ments to Be Made at County Home I from Baltimore and othtr pont8v The county commissioners in regu where he wenfto recuperae lar monthly session this week order Mrs Stronpe returned e(i ed claims paid and transacted oth nesday night from Charlotte where er business The following claims bo visited for a week were passed: I Rev McLelland went to County borne and paupers Charlotte Tuesday to attend a meet Christie $4 for labor Postou Bros ing of the board of regents of the Ba $842 McDougald Heath $3013 rium orphanage He was re elected Tunstall $3 38 all for supplies secretary of the board Weisner and Star Show Case Mrs Laurence is vuHmg her Co $2 each for coffins Deitz sister Mrs bieele a Rck Troutman $120 for smithing Agnes ingbam Caskey $1 Salhe Lidwell $3 Stokes Mrs Johustoo of Mooes Ward aud family $5 Mary Jane ville who was visiting her parents Tnompson $1 all for temporary re Mr and Mrs Harbin returned litf Total $6113 home yesterday Miss Myrtle Har Davidson was authorized bin accompanied her to Mooresville and empowered with what assistance Miss Bertha May Hicks who was is needed to make such improve the guest of Miss Mary I iirntr left ments and repairs on the buildings yesterday for her home at Oxford aud prt mises at the county home as Mbs 'Lelia Woodward retoraed mjy be necessary to make the in from Charlotte Tuesday where she mates comfortable spent several days Ed McCorkle was received as an Misses Julia Webb and Lana Lur inmate at the home Saliie Lidwell uer who have been visiting in David was put on the pauper list at $4 son returned home Wednesday Tunstall $420 for Mrs Carl Miller has returned from drugs Thompson $7190 for a visit to relatives at Troutman boarding prisoners and $4 for bury Caldwell Esq left Wednes ing John Walker Deaton $7 day evening on a professional busi for conveying prisoners Tota1 $87 Dess trip 10 Mrs rank MeKinne who vis Court house and court Wy ited her father Mr Stimpson coff $33 90 for summoning jurors at Turnersburg returned to her Allison $4 GO Mascot Printing Co home at Concord Tuesday evening 75 Brady the Printer $7 10 Walk Mrs Allred of Moun er Evans Cogswell Co $9 26 all tain was in biatesville Wednesday forsupplies for clerk Supeiior Court buying goods ZM oard janitor $20 McDougald Mr Leinster left last night Heath $1 95 for oil for janitor for Washington He will be Lamorecht 50 cents Deitz gone for several days 50 cents' for repairs Hall 20 Mr Glover returned home cents for supplies Total $84 76 from a business yesttrday Roads a nd bridges Roseman The BoBrd olAldermen Summers $4 Morri The boird of aderineQ £aied of a son $10 Roseman Nash $1 10 um Tu afterQooQ and the a ed regular meeting was held Wednes holdt $13G all for lumber and other afternoon preseat: Alderman materia Dr Angle $83 for Karcher Caldwell Mills moiavial onH oAunrimv Ana TTinTor and Webb Io al $101 Jb Mr Gray proprietor of A Peti ion was filed by Stewart Irede yeareJ before Lollar an I others asking for a and for rehef in pnbUc road in Shiloh township the I ftnd ht rateg saia roaa to oegin at tne uewiH jerry i rebat0 0Q hig wat0r road at or near a branch flowing in er 0Q acc0QQt of to Buffalo Shoal ck leakage for which he was not respon is: SA'zzJ jst Stewart Geo JJ On motion the meter rates for elec renaud Lollar and termi fixed ag followg nate at the north bank of the Wh consum ioQ ia from 100 Catawba river at Lollar ferry The t0 200 000 watts per month 10c petition will be considered at the for 2Q() 00Q aDd upward( January meeting A petition filed at a previous meet mor instructed to have mg asking for a road extend ing ft om attorney take the case of near the Sumerow homestead Tom n)U3ton t0 the Sll to the corporate limits of Mooresville the said road to be opened without ordered that nobills against expense the county was granted be id tQ Miscelianeous Talley $G1 tbfl taseg are 80 (of court house fund) for interest on $500 Kerr Karcher $2 foream treasurer was allow for grand jury and $3 50 for one fo Ux retQrng aQd Dr Long Cowan $3 50 for Ux bQokg Lr Ling Tne chairman of the street com WaS autLorized to PQhase light department $18 99 for lights neceggary or 8trett work Dr Long S10 Mr Logan Stimson was allowed a smallpox at Mooresville Mrs Mary rebat0 of taxeson $200 the valuation Davis $8 50 rebate for taxes on ac 1 hg property baviag been reduced count of mu 1 ProPert that much by the county eommis stroyed Dr Lon Tbe matter of allowing a physician $20 for T' M' rebste to Mr Cooper waste Blk 'r mrv 'ib issue hrse number of biii wersuli lieeue to Wlliam to retail deeidS hat hd spirituous vinous and malt hquor farther notice the board will at present place of bu mess meetings on tbe first Harmon was transferred a £0 cf ech )tth at from Sharpesburg to New Hope townshio Mr Poston Takes the Responsibility Off the Notices of New Advertisements Lord Messrs Cooper Gill have cotton TO the Editor of The Landmark: seed feed Nice oysters to day and I The following appeared in the last to morrow issue of The Landmark A Smith ys Celia leming and uThe judgments of the Ltd are others is notice of an action in Ire just The Southern Railway moved dell Superior Court upitsscbeduletoheadoffTHELAND Brady the Printer talks about vis mark and the trains have been any iting cards wedding invitations etc where from a half hour to three and He does all sorts of printing four hours late every blessed day Messrs Mills Co invite at since the schedule tention to blankets lace curtains and I The Landmark will wake up It other things is we manufacturers of Statesville Mr Stimson has a nice hue who block the Southern with of all sorts of tableware ornamental freight hence tbe delays pieces toys etc for Christmas POSTON Messrs McDougald Heath dis Statesville Dec 4 1901 cuss dress goods etc Mr Poston is correct But it is ive or six good families to work tbe Lord who prospers the manutac in a cotton mill are wanted by the rQrer8 of Statesville and enables Kesler Mfg Co at Salisbury them to bkek the Southern with Mr A Brady mortgagee will freight and thus cause tbe delay sell property at the court house Jan Thus we thank the Lord for twofold uary Gth mercies for prospering the manu Messrs Mills Gaither have val factumrs and thus delaying trains uable property for sale or rent when The Landmark has trouble to Mr Sig Wallace iffers a 7 io in make tbe The Landmark bouse for rent Mr Shelton has qualified as Tylorvlile Personl i Correspondence ot Tbe Landmark administrator of 1 bbelton uu C(ased Mr John Moore of Mccklenburc CMr cbolsou wants iut county cam up yes'erday to a mation ab rnt a lost purse contain ug trade with Stevenson for a dwelling aud lot Imre Your linen will be properly lauo Mr Shelton of tho States dered at the Statesville St 'a Laun ville urniture Co was here jester drv da7' Mrs Jeauette Moore came up Change in nethodist Preachers yesterday from Statesville Rev A Smith aud family left Mr Chat Matheson went to Wednesday night for their new home Lenoir yesterday at Greensboro Mr Smith was ap Rev Cherry and family pointed to the pastorate of Centenary moved to Maiden Catawba county church there at the recut session of yesterday Conference Rey Boyer who Mr A Stevenson is with Mr was appointed to succeed Mr Smith Barnes until after the holiday as pastor of the irst Methodist trade church of Statesville arrived here Mr Marshal) (J Statesville with his family Wednesday night and Mr McCormick were here this They are occupying the parsonage week in the interest of insurance Mr Buyer will preach bis first ser Mr Teague was at States mon at the Metbr dist church Sunday ville yesterday morning Taylorsville Dec 1901 A number tbe ladies of tbe con gregation bad brigbteni up tbe par i 7 aonage Wednesday and these fnd a tuvd 7 room dwelling on number of the male mbers of tbe 1 congregation were at the parsonage Wednesday evening to meet Mr nnm BET wees irst Methodist cbnrch llAT or familv and crivu them a AJvO 1 end Barron A bl bolson's store a Boyer ana tamiiy ana give tnem a "9conUtnlngft tl0biu inder will please cordial welcome report to me wt nicholbon Rev Downum the new pas Dec 6 19QL tor of West End cbnrch arrived Iasi rrrirn or six guod families nicht with bi family from Mock AIN IriLA fmm tbe country to worxm a cotton mill Location healthy wattes good villGe It is understood that they jrRfer famines with girl Apply toy kob will not RO to housekeeping at pree BINS Treasurer Kesler Mfg OoBallsbury iit Mrs DW61901 Wraps I and Jackets Mills Co STATESVILLE These contain some exceptional values and we invite you to call and see our line Also we are showing one of the most complete lines of RAMSEY TOMLIN BOWLES tTj rrr 3 4sbb Vi'i THE LANDMARK Erfi Pnttfin Vood UULLUli Obbll tr.